1- Dreaming of tar on the road would suggest the potential to be trapped as we progress.Dreaming of tar on a beach, however, might suggest that we had allowed our...

also see Plants1- Weeds are generally plants which grow on waste ground and their symbolism in dreams reflects this. Thev mav indicate misplaced trust, misplaced energy or even misplaced attempts...

also see Fire1- To be lighting or tending a bonfire in a dream indicates a need for cleansing some aspect of our lives. Such a fire can also represent passions...

also see Swimming1- When we are drowning in a dream this usually indicates we are in danger of being overwhelmed by emotions we cannot handle. We are fearful of allowing...

also see Alcohol and Intoxication1- To be drunk in a dream means that we are abandoning ourselves to irrational forces. We want to be free from responsibility and from having...

1- In dreams, the defence mechanisms we put in place to prevent ourselves from deeply feeling the impact of such things as relationships, love, anxiety or pain can often manifest...

1- “flic family is the first basic security image that a child has. Often, through circumstances not within that child’s control, that image becomes distorted, and dreams will either attempt...

1- When we dream of a hook we are are generally understanding thai we have the ability to draw things towards us that arc cither good or bad. It can...

Headlights mov- ing toward you in a dream are a warning that a situ-ation you have allowed to drift is a potential danger unless you take quick ac-tion.

1- Like the halter, the harness indicates some form of control or restraint. It may be that we are actually being restrained by our own limitations, or that we are...

also see Sex1- Incest is such a taboo subject that to dream of it seldom actually refers to the physical act. It usually represents the need and desire we have...

1- Obsession is an unnatural focusing on a feeling, belief or object, and may simply indicate that we need to take time to work a difficulty through. There is often...

see Animals and Fabulous Beasts1- Traditionally, the only people who were allowed to tend unicorns were virgins. When a unicorn appears in a dream, we are linking with the innocent,...

Material aspects: Any monster appearing in a dream represents something that we have made larger than life. We have personalized it so that whatever is worrying us appears as a...

(1) Dreams of flying may derive from childhood enjoyment of swings and see-saws and represent a longing for the freedom and joy associated with (a happy) childhood.(2) Flying may symbolize...

To see one soaring above you, denotes lofty ambitions which you will struggle fiercely to realize, nevertheless you will gain your desires.To see one perched on distant heights, denotes that...

Literal, but the amount allowed may be figurative

Used to color premature and temporary plans that may become permanent if allowed to mature

Excessive pressure that stops one’s blood (life) from being allowed to flow freely; see “blood”

1. Being allowed, permitted and free to take on an endeavor.2. Debt that needs to be addressed and possibly repaid.

Strength and thought. Hair is highly valued by most cultures.It is symbol of vanity, security, sensuality, sexual appeal, and of youth. In some cultures women are not allowed to show...

Center of the solar plexus.The cord that tied you to physical existence and allowed nourishment to enter the physical structure prior to birth into this physical world. Once the cord...

Carl Jung several times described a technique for using imagination which allowed the spontane­ous expression of the unconscious. Jung described active imagination as a putting aside of conscious criticism while...

The male within the female, shown as a man in a woman’s dreams. Physically a woman is predominantly fe­male, but also has a clitoris and produces some male hor­mones. Psychologically,...

Sigmund Freud was the founder of modern therapeutic analysis of dreams. Freud encouraged clients to relax on a couch and allow free associations to arise in con­nection with aspects of...

Example: ‘I was a prisoner in a hospital, although there were no locked doors or bars. It was a psychiatric hospi­tal, but we were allowed to believe we had a...

One’s attention called to whatever is knocking Some aspect of self, or a realisation, is asking to be let into consciousness. Knocking: trying to get attention; wanting to be allowed...

Wasted or lost energy; or something being allowed out or expressed. Idioms: leak out (be revealed).

May refer directly to feeling someone is or will make you a scapegoat; sometimes connected with decision making—we cannot have all things at once, so we are willing to sacrifice...

Feelings about death; pan of your own ability, feelings or talent you have killed off’ or allowed to die atSome time.

Long held emotions or hurts.If erupting: emo­tional release—possibly hurts from many years past will sur­face and, if allowed, express in a healing way.

It refers to oneself, as in the word sorcxehxty. Al­though it includes the totality of our expenence, it seems to be most pointedly referring to our sense of identity. From...

dream cult The Iroquois (Huron and Seneca) American Indians, as early as the 17th century (first European contact and study), had developed a deeper psychological un­derstanding than the white races...

An artificially regulated and controlled space where aggression is not allowed (“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”). Are you isolating yourself in order to create a specific...

Loss of independence. Loss of room to maneuver. Somebody or yourself needs support. Inferiority complex, self-doubt, and anguish. You feel you have been injured. In spite of the obvious meaning,...

A symbol of the Druids and of consciousness. According to English custom, everybody is allowed to kiss a person who is standing below a sprig of mistletoe.The mistletoe stands for...

A symbol of wholeness.The Fire of the sun and the Water of the rain come together; contradictions are united.The connection between desire and will.The rainbow has also been a Christian...

Many dreams lead us to feel an intensity of emotion we may seldom if ever feel in waking life.If the emotions felt are frightening or disgusting we call the dream...

Even in everyday life, the way we hold and position our body, the inclination of chest and head, the movement of hands, are a means of com­munication.The apparently intuitive information...

Whatever you have cooked up you must and should be allowed to eat. This is a reference to consequences. What we have “cooked up” is composed of what we have...

If we keep a record of our dreams it will soon become obvious that some of our dream themes, charac­ters or places recur again and again. These recurrences are of...

Psychological / emotional perspective: Chopping onions can signify an attempt to increase the energy available to us in some way. We quite literally want to ensure that we have allowed...

A peak experience is one that takes us beyond our normal capabilities. From a spiritual perspective we have not allowed the limitations of the mundane world to hold us back.

Material aspects: In the dream image of an old-fashioned clock, a pendulum can signify outdated ideas. It can also suggest that a period of time must pass before a plan...

Psychological / emotional perspective: We will only rebel if we feel sufficiently strongly about something.For there to be a rebel or anarchist in our dreams suggests that we have allowed...

Psychological / emotional perspective: When emotion is not allowed proper expression it is ‘dead’ and, therefore, has solidified. Often in dreams this will take the form of a statue.If the...

This suggests that we have been wounded, either emotionally or spiritually, or perhaps that our natural instincts are not being allowed free expression and are, therefore, not functioning properly.

If a gatekeeper lets you pass in a dream, you will be successful in a new project or transition.If you are not allowed through the gate, you are fed up...